ralph silva staying with us. up next, less than a day to go before the big day, we take a look at what some of the top toys have been this year. >>> good morning. welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm karen cho. >> good morning, everybody. i'm louisa bojesen. these are your headlines from around the world. >> with just one week to go before the u.s. economy goes over the fiscal cliff, law marriages are pointing fingers and playing the blame game. >> mario monti is saying he's available to lead italy, but only for a party willing to push his economic agenda. >> but he has competition in the form of sylvia berlusconi, italy's former prime minister tells cnbc he feels a responsibility to run. >> translator: i feel the need to return to the political arena to prevent the country from being delivered into the hands of a leftist party. >> and the crowds are out, the stores are ringing up those sales. but u.s. shoppers, they may be running lower on holiday spirit and analysts are saying that they're spending less, as wel